Three political parties have spoken out against Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum after he said that the government is planning to work with a potential donor to ensure that a parliamentary manual is put together for all candidates contesting this year's general elections.
While speaking at the Fiji National University earlier this week, Sayed-Khaiyum stressed that this is necessary as some parliamentarians in the past did not understand parliamentary procedures and there will be a lot of new MP's.
Former Prime Minister and Fiji Labour Party Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry has rejected Sayed-Khaiyum's suggestion.
Chaudhry said previous parliamentarians knew the procedures and proper training has always been provided before people go into parliament.
He said Sayed-Khaiyum should not display childish behaviour.
National Federation Party President, Raman Pratap Singh said the Electoral Decree should come out first before educational pamphlets are done.
Singh rejected Sayed-Khaiyum's statement that former parliamentarians did not know the procedures.
Social Democratic and Liberal Party official, Doctor Tupeni Baba said Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is in no position to preach about parliamentary procedures.
Meanwhile Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said the government's focus is to build strong institutions and he will not participate in name calling as done by some of the old politicians.
Story by: Vijay Narayan and Prasheel Chandra
